Fearne Cotton
Celebrity genealogy series. Fearne Cotton learns about her Welsh great-grandfather who worked down a coal mine at 13 and ended up as a chemist.
Fearne Cotton is intrigued by her Welsh great-grandfather Evan Meredith who, despite working down a coal mine from the age of 13, ended up as a chemist in the home counties. Evan never talked about what he did during World War I, and Fearne decides to investigate. She is shocked to discover that Evan risked both his freedom and his reputation by following his conscience, caught up in a catch-22 situation with the authorities which was only broken when he took dramatic action.
On her mother's side, Fearne finds an ancestor whose extraordinary professional ambition led to an encounter with Queen Victoria but ended in career disaster.
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"This is the dream"
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Does Fearne have any remarkable ancestors?
Duration: 01:50
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Fearne Cotton |
Director | David Vincent |
Series Producer | Sarah Feltes |
Production Company | Wall to Wall Media |
Broadcasts
- Thu 24 Aug 2017 20:00
- Wed 30 Aug 2017 23:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
- Thu 31 Aug 2017 00:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Thu 31 Aug 2017 00:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Wales HD & Wales only
- Wed 6 Sep 2017 00:15
- Tue 18 Dec 2018 15:15
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